Joe Carollo collects $763K in just two months for Miami re-election race

Joe Carollo collects $763K in just two months for Miami re-election race

Campaign contributions marked by many special interest bundles Between his campaign account and his political action committee, Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo has raised more than three quarters of a million dollars for his re-election this year in just two months, according to the most recent campaign reports filed last week. April was better than May, […]

Here comes the cash: Parade of new PACs in time for elections

Here comes the cash: Parade of new PACs in time for elections

With elections in November looming in four of Miami-Dade’s biggest cities, and eyes on the local and state elections in 2016, the political action committees are coming. Folks like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera have shown that you don’t need hefty personal accounts if you raise the heavy-lifting funds for […]

Sweetheart soccer stadium deal already has opposition

Sweetheart soccer stadium deal already has opposition

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and his new BFF, soccer star David Beckham will be promoting their plans for a Major League Soccer stadium on public land Wednesday. Opponents who are already calling this another case of “welfare for millionaires” because of the public land component might have a press conference to bash it on Thursday. Cutler […]

Norman Braman backs Ed MacDougall for Congress

Norman Braman backs Ed MacDougall for Congress

Another endorsement has come out in this year’s headliner of a race for the 26th Congressional District: Auto mogul and political meddler extraordinaire Norman Braman has already picked his horse among the three Republican hopefuls lining up to unseat Democrat U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia. Braman, left, is backing Cutler Bay Mayor Ed “Mac” MacDougall, right, […]

Norman Braman did not talk taxes with Mayor Gimenez

Norman Braman did not talk taxes with Mayor Gimenez

Several people have wondered out loud whether Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s sudden change of heart on the budget, setting a flat tax rate, had anything to do with Norman Braman and a possible threat at a recall like the one that paved the way for his existence. I mean, all electeds cower at the auto […]

Fake Oliver Gilbert recall another bogus Brito bungle

Fake Oliver Gilbert recall another bogus Brito bungle

The rumored recall against Miami Gardens Mayor Oliver Gilbert has not materialized. Despite claims that there would be a petition filed last Monday by recall maven Vanessa Brito — who loves to take credit for the recalls of former Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez and Commissioner Natacha Seijas, even though it was Norman Braman‘s money that did it — there had been no paperwork […]

Winners and losers on Dolphins stadium strike-out

Winners and losers on Dolphins stadium strike-out

Naturally, we all know the bigget loser in today’s defeat of the Miami Dolphins stadium modernization bill in the Florida House is Stephen Ross, who had hinged getting the roof and some fancy upgrades for his very own SunLife Stadium on using public dollars and creating a new revenue stream for himself. Indeed, he had invested […]

Miami-Dade Mayor’s race: A tale of two bank accounts

Miami-Dade Mayor’s race: A tale of two bank accounts

The first quarter campaign finance reports in the Miami-Dade mayoral race are in and they arguably show what some people have been saying quietly and not-so-quietly since Commission Chairman Joe Martinez formally filed to run in January. Too little, too late. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez is looking like he is still the golden boy, having […]